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While there is great variation, a rule of thumb is that those over 60 on average lose 0.5 of an ECF rating point per game played.

I don't think a good case has been made for all this proposed complexity. If organisers are concerned about this issue (I'm not suggesting it has to be ignored) then why not alter the time control from (say) 90+30 to 93+30 ?

It is better in many ways: ... 5. The quality of the ratings themselves is much higher as a comparison in ability between two players; geography is not a factor Has that been shown to be true now? I think it was generally accepted in the past that it was not; there were regional variations due to f...

43% of the ECF rapid chess list are rated less than 1000. I fear the rating team will be busy for sometime.

All three sections of the Rhyl congress will be rated and submitted before month end. Brian - will this be done using the normal GPA procedure - opponents’ FIDE rating converted to ECF? The rating of the results is available on the website. You will see that it has been treated like any other event...

All three sections of the Rhyl congress will be rated and submitted before month end.

The first time I read that I thought it was completely insane. I haven't changed my mind.

Presumably because it discourages resignation, as one's chances of improving one's final placing is enhanced by the policy of using ETL to end the game.

Like Nick, I would love to know what these "objectively observable phenomena" might be. I suspect Martin mixes mostly with those over 40. What we do know is that rating trends vary with age.. The Full List graph is the full standard play rating list averaged by each age and smoothed. Opening ratings...

Genuine question, is the NM title still a thing? Yes - see here: https://www.englishchess.org.uk/master-points-system/ . It is the lowest title we record on the rating system. It is quite popular as it allows players to enter some elite online events (I can't comment on whether they get a discount ...

These were those Eccles events: https://eccleschess.com/when-arkell-came-to-eccles/ "Saturday: In the early hours of the morning it was my turn to try and beat Keith. I decided not to notate to give me the edge (my husband did). I lost on time playing my third game as I fell asleep thinking about m...

Joey Stewart wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 14, 2026 1:53 am

..... ecf system is designed to screw the higher rated player every time

I can assure you that it was not designed to do this.

My initial conclusion, though, when looking at the plot would be to simply give children a new rating (capped by age) based on a rolling 15 performance similar to how they would obtain an initial rating. That could be yearly and/or based on a certain deviation. Now whether that is actually practica...

...This phenomenon is not what I am seeing, but there may be views I had not considered... Well, let's focus here. ... Thank you going to the bother of explaining this. It is another view. I have a problem with one basic assumption. In my experience juniors have a series of step changes (some big, ...

I'll grab it at some point today and send you a PM I'd like to see this too. This phenomenon is not what I am seeing, but there may be views I had not considered. Well, you have access to the data which is even simpler. Well, definitely better at a minimum. If you look at kids whose rating improvem...

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